The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-24
Calhoun Nav.

Charleston Ne1Cs and Courier: That
the unwilling of the Calhoun monu-
ment, on Marion Square, in this city,
on the 26th OF April, is to be the 90
casion of grand reunion OF the PEG.
pie Of South Carolina is now beyond
question. A spontaneous and unani-
nous desire has been expressed by
citizens and military men in nearly
every county to take part in the
tribute to the great statesman, if the
proper railroad arrangement can be
made; and it is generally understood
that the roads have determined to
give cheap excursion rates in conn6c-
ton with the unwilling Of the monu-
ment and the opening of the Floral
Fair, which takes place on the same
day. 1t appears that no elaborate
plan has been adopted by the Oal-
hOun Monument Association fer secur-
ing the attendance of the cit zens and
military companies Of the State in
large numbers, so as to make q
, grand and imposing spectacle worthy
OF the occasion, nor has there been
any systematic working up of the
feelings OF the people, either through
the press or by popular addresses. Il
may be, however, that the association
has had full knowledge of the feeling
of South Carolina in this matter, and
has foreseen that the difficulty will
not be III getting up suitable de-
mon5tratiop, but in keeping the de-
monstration within manageable limits.
1t is, moreover, in accordance with
the eternal fitness of things that the
demonstra at the Calhoun monu.
ment should be the result Of spon-
taneous outburst of the ardent deyo-
ton of South Carolina to the memory
of her great statesman. II there ever
was any one man who could be con-
sidered a personiti ;stion of the
Palmetto State, that man was John
O. Calhoun. Living. he swayed
her policy; dead, the doctrines
which be taught have ever
guided and controlled her purest and
ablest public men. For nearly, if not
quite half century, cave when the
harpies befouled our seats OF learning,
as we'll as our halls OF legislation, every
echoolboy in the State has been taught
to reverence the genius and believe
the teachings Of Calhoun. This adj.
miration for Calhoun extended, though
in somewhat less degree, throughout
the other Southern States. At the
North, prejudice for q long time pre-
vented an appreciation OF either GAL
houn or his theories; but now, even
at the North, the force of both is be-
ginning to be acknowledged. IN
questionably great man, Calhoun
was not a man of the nation. He was
man of the State, of the State of
South Carolina, impressing lis genius
and its ideas on the general govern
ment. Therefore, in honoring Cal
hour, South Carolina feels that
she is honoriug herself, and
30 feeling, the day of the I'M
yelling OF the Calhoun monu.
ment must be a great Carolina Day.
We believe that on the 26:h of April
the people will come, and come in
crowds, from the mountains, from the
Piedmont, from the rolling hills, from
the fragrant plnelands, from the sea
lsvsd coast. And it behooves the
Calhoun Monument Association and
the c ty OF Charleston to see to it that
the material for grand demonst alton
thus afforded, shall be utilized to the
credit Of the State, the city and the as
sociation. Organization will be necee-
ssry for success and that organization
should be begun at once. A pro-
gramme of ceremonies and procession
ought to be Immediately arranged, and
in it there should be place for every
son of Carolina or OF her sister States
who wishes to do homage at the shrine
of Nalhoun